Rich_by_the_Bay
Moderator Emeritus
donheff said:I agree whole heartedly. I pulled the cord at 57, a few years after many around here. But I have a lot of restaurant meals plugged into my expense calculations.
Yep, eating out at restaurants is more than just food for us. We have splurged for a long time on eating out (ever since our nest was empty). Not every meal is gourmet, but we enjoy the relaxed time together, talking up a storm (well, mostly listening up a storm for me ) and savoring good food and service. We do it with friends and also just the two of us. Then again, we rarely go to movies anymore (crowds, prices, garbage on the floor) in favor of DVDs.
Both of us lived in Europe for a while in our youth. The lost art of conversation was much more alive there than here, and that's a big part of eating out for us.
Each to his own.